BENTONVILLE -- A Rogers man was arrested Monday on felony charges in connection with his girlfriend's shooting.
Oscar Cecilio Perez, 35, was being held Wednesday on $175,000 bond in the Benton County Jail. He was arrested in connection with kidnapping, battery, possession of firearm by certain persons, aggravated assault, fleeing and criminal mischief.
Rogers police were called to 1114 S. 24th St. on April 9 concerning a shooting investigation, according to a probable cause affidavit. Neryda Gonzalez told police she had shot herself in the leg on April 6 while target practicing in Bella Vista, according to court documents.
Police officers went April 13 to a weapons call at 915 S. Eighth St. and police found Gonzalez at the scene, according to the affidavit. She told officers she lied to them April 9 and Perez took her from her home to Bella Vista and shot her in the leg, according to the affidavit.
Gonzalez later told Larry Taylor, a Rogers police detective, that Perez had been up for several days and using methamphetamine when he started accusing her of setting him up, according to the affidavit.
Perez later made her get in a Ford Expedition, and he sat in the back with her while another man drove, Gonzalez said. She said they drove around wooded areas in Bella Vista and Perez told her he was going to kill her because she knew too much, according to the affidavit.
Perez then shot her in the leg, she told police. Gonzalez said the men left her at a Fayetteville motel.
Jesse Chavez, 27, of Bentonville was arrested in connection with kidnapping and battery charges. Police said he was the driver. He was being held Wednesday in the Benton County Jail with no bond set.
The arraignments for the men are scheduled for 8 a.m. June 11 in Circuit Judge Brad Karren's courtroom.
NW News on 05/03/2018